Toilet or wrapping paper roll



(No Model.)

S. WHEELER.

TOILET 0R WRAPPING PAPER ROLL.

Patented Jan. 22, 1889.

INVENTOR,

@W/T/VESSES.

' UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SETH \VHEELER, OF AL EANY, NEYV YORK.

TOILET OR WRAPPING PAPER ROLL.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,675, datedJanuary 22, 1889. Application filed May 11, 1886- Serial No. 201,808.(No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, SETH IVHEELER, of the city and county of Albany, inthe State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Toilet or Vrapping Paper Rolls, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accol'npanying drawings,forming part hereof.

My invention has reference to seeming the IO convolutions of a roll oftoilet-paper havingits lines of perforations in the same plane againstdisplacement after perforating, which is likely to occur in handling,packing, transportation, or in use if suspended in the or- I 5 dinarymanner. I accomplish this by providing the roll with a suitable stay. Insome instances the stay serves also as a suspensory device of simpleform, in others as a stay only until the roll is used up, and again as astay until the roll is to be suspended, being then removed and another,by which the roll is to be attached to a fixture, substituted.

In the drawings are shown several rolls containing perforation s orincisions made through the roll of paper in the same vertical plane andcontaining means by which the paper can be suspended against a wall orother vertical surface, and as one sheet is severed the end of theunsevered sheets will be in position to be again caught hold of in orderto sever another sheet. In many instances the free end of the roll willdrop down, as shown. Thus but one sheet at a time is taken from theroll.

By means of my improvements the convolutions of the roll will be keptconstantly in the same position relatively to the line of per forations,so that the next sheet, after a sheet has been withdrawn therefrom, willbe in position to be readily grasped. Should the roll not have somedevice connected therewith so that the lines of perforations cannotshift, the roll when suspended will soon cease to act in theabove-mentioned manner, and this displacement is especially liable tooccur previous to suspension, rendering it difficult, if not impossible,to insert the suspensory link. I insure the result desired by provid ingthe roll, perforated as described, with a stay which will keep in afixed position all of the lines of perforations from the time they aremade until the roll is exhausted. Sundry forms of stay adapted to thispurpose are shown in the drawings and hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, and 3 are views of a roll in which thelines of perforations are kept in a fixed position by means of staysconsisting of tapes passed down through one or more sets of theperforations or incisions. In Figs. 4 and 5 these perforations are shownsecured in a fixed relation by means of a stay in the form of a nail orwire passed down through one set of such perforations.-

In Fig. 6 the series of perforations is shown fixed by means of staysmade of a strip of cloth or paper glued to the edges of the perforationsat the end of the roll. A little glue or other adhesive materialinserted at one point between each sheet would also accomplish the sameobject. In Figs. 7 and 8 there is shown a separate suspending-stay,which may be passed down through the center set of in cisions, or downthrough two sets, if more than two are used, the inner ends being bentto engage the inner part of the roll. In the latter case a rod is passedthrough the eyes of the suspending devices. (See Fig. 11.) In Figs. 9and 10 are shown stays in the form of spring bails or hooks havingflaring inner ends spread apart inside the roll, and having an eye atthe top, the spring ends to be passed down through the perforations orincisions. In Fig. 12 is shown, a top view of the roll without anydevice passed down through the perforations, but having mucilage lightlyapplied at any one point between its sheets or at the end of the roll.Various other methods of retaining these series of perforations could beused to the same end as in the examples I have above given.

I claim 1. A toilet or wrapping paper roll having all of its lines ofperforations or incisions in the same plane and provided with a stayapplied thereto, substantially as described, to keep the perforations insaid plane.

2. A toilet or wrapping paper roll having all of its lines ofperforations or incisions in the same plane and provided with a staypassed through said perforations or incisions andsecuredtherein,substantially as set forth.

A toilet or wrapping paper roll having all of its lines of perforationsor incisions in the same plane, combined with a stay passed through saidperforations 0r incisions and secured therein, the outer end of saidstay having a hook or eye by which the roll may be suspended,substantially as described.

4. A toilet or Wrapping paper roll having all of its lines ofperforations or incisions in the same plane, combined with a stay passedthrough said perforations or incisions and having its inner end engagingthe inner part of the roll, substantially as set forth.

5. A toilet or wrapping paper roll having all of its lines ofperforations or incisions in the same plane, in combination With aspringbail passed through the perforations or incisions and having itsflaring inner ends spread apart to engage the inner part of the roll,substantially as described.

SETH WHEELER.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN W. KORWALINKA, RoBT. H. MARSHALL.

